With the improvement of people’s living standards, the diet structure and lifestyle have undergone great changes, and fatty liver has become one of the common liver diseases. Ma Anlin, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, said that fatty liver needs attention and prevention to prevent the formation of end-stage liver disease.
“Fatty liver is a disease caused by excessive accumulation of fat in liver cells due to various reasons, and some patients have immune system disorders, endocrine disorders, etc.” Ma Anlin said, but not all fat Liver is obese. Fatty liver may account for 70% to 80% of the obesity type, and 20% to 30% belong to the leptin type.
Ma Anlin introduced that there are several cases of leptin-type fatty liver. The first type is juvenile fatty liver. Juvenile fatty liver and adult fatty liver have different histological manifestations, inflammation sites and treatment methods. The second category is patients with autoimmune liver disease combined with fatty liver, and the combination of fatty liver is sometimes not accompanied by obesity.
How to prevent the occurrence of fatty liver? Du Shiyu, director of the Department of Gastroenterology at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, suggested that first of all, we must develop good living habits, maintain normal work and rest every day, and stay up late; second, maintain good eating habits, and some high-calorie, high-carbohydrate foods need to be strictly controlled; At the same time, develop a good habit of exercising, which is a very important aspect of maintaining good health; finally, do not eat health supplements or weight loss food casually, if necessary, under the guidance of a doctor.
“In short, after the occurrence of fatty liver, it must be treated according to the specific situation.” Ma Anlin said that not all people with high BMI (body mass index) may have fatty liver, and people with normal BMI may also You will get fatty liver, and some of this fatty liver develops faster. For the control of fatty liver, lifestyle adjustment is one aspect, but the control and regulation of endocrine and immune system diseases are more effective.
Reporter: Mu Tiecheng
Editor: Hao Jing